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Ministry of Civil Aviation
Ministry of Civil Aviation organized “Yog Prabha” at Safdarjung Airport
Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Dr. VK Singh led the Mega Yoga Event
The Ministry of Civil Aviation organized “Yog Prabha”, a mega Yoga event today at Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi. The event was inaugurated and led by Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen. . V.K. Singh . Over 900 officials of MoCA and its Attached organizations/PSU/Autonomous bodies participated in this mega event. Yoga Instructors from Morarji Desai Institute of Yoga were guiding the participants in performing various Yoga Asanas and Pranayama techniques as well as simultaneously stating their benefits.
At the initiative of the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the United Nations General Assembly took a historic decision in 2014 to declare 21st June as the International Day of Yoga . This worldwide acceptance of Yoga is a matter of pride for our country, as Yoga is an integral part of our nation’s cultural and spiritual heritage.
With almost two months to International Yoga Day on 21st June 2022 during the celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Yog Prabha helped in creating a wider awareness among the participants about importance of Yoga and will motivate them to participate Yoga daily.
Ministry of Culture
Sign boards in Chinese language have been set up at 5 ASI protected archaeological sites - Shri Prahlad Singh Patel
Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism  Shri Prahlad Singh Patel has said that sign boards in Chinese language have been put up at 5 ASI protected archaeological sites located in Uttar Pradesh. They include the archaeological site at Sarnath, the Buddhist relics at Chaukhandi Stupa, Kushinagar and the Mahaparinirvana Temple, Piparahwa and Shravasti .
Shri Patel said that keeping in mind the convenience of foreign travelers, Ministry had instructed the Archaeological Survey of India  that sign boards of foreign languages will be installed at all the iconic archaeological sites in India where more than 1 lakh tourists from a particular country visit those places every year. A total of 5 such foreigncountry languages can be included in it. He told that in this series, the work of installing sign boards in Sinhali language has been completed in November 2019 in view of the large number of Sri Lankan tourists visiting Sanchi.
Shri Prahlad Singh Patel said that our objective is to increase the number of tourists both foreign and domestic, under the Prime Minister's Vision 2020. He said that the Prime Minister is the biggest brand ambassador in our country. The Union Minister said that to increase the number of domestic tourists, the Ministry of Tourism is considering various cultural fairs and other events through which the people of India will get to know India in a better way.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Centre Prohibits Exports of Injection Remdesivir and Remdesivir Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients  till the COVID situation in the country improves
Centre takes Various Steps to ensure easy access of Remdesivir to Patients and Hospitals
India is witnessing a recent surge in COVID cases. As on 11.04.2021, there are 11.08 lakh active COVID cases and they are steadily increasing. This has led to a sudden spike in demand for Injection Remdesivir used in treatment of COVID patients. There is a potential of further increase in this demand in the coming days.
Seven Indian companies are producing Injection Remdesivir under voluntary licensing agreement with M/s. Gilead Sciences, USA. They have an installed capacity of about 38.80 lakh units per month.
In light of the above, Government of India has prohibited the exports of Injection Remdesivir and Remdesivir Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients  till the situation improves.
In addition, Government of India has taken the following steps to ensure easy access of hospital and patients to Remdesivir:
- All domestic manufactures of Remdesivir have been advised to display on their website, details of their stockists/distributors to facilitate access to the drug.
- Drugs inspectors and other officers have been directed to verify stocks and check their malpractices and also take other effective actions to curb hoarding and black marketing. The State Health Secretaries will review this with the Drug Inspectors of the respective States/UTs.
- The Department of Pharmaceuticals has been in contact with the domestic manufacturers to ramp up the production of Remdesivir.
The Government of India has also advised the States that the extant “National Clinical Management Protocol for COVID-19", which is based on evidence, has been developed after many interactions by Committee of Experts, and is the guiding document for treatment of Covid-19 patients. In the Protocol, Remdesivir is listed as an Investigational Therapy, i.e. where informed and shared decision making is essential, besides taking note of contra indications mentioned in the detailed guidelines.
The States and UTs have been advised that these steps should again be communicated to all hospitals, both in public and private sector, and compliance monitored.
Special Service and Features
E-Auction of BSNL Mobile Vanity Numbers
BSNL Tamil Nadu Circle is selling vanity mobile numbers through e-Auction from 25th May 2023 to 31st May 2023. Interested Customers to have Fancy numbers as their mobile numbers can visit www.eauction.bsnl.co.in for online bidding of fancy numbers. Last date for bidding is 31st May 2023.
A mobile phone number is one of the easiest way of identity through which we communicate to others and others to us. For a businessman a mobile phone number should be a fancy number for his customers easy rememberance. Some individuals also have the desire to have a fancy number.
In particular, some people have a special interest in buying and using numbers with our date of birth, year or vehicle number or favorite number at the beginning or end of the phone number. Some people buy and use numbers with consecutive serials for office use or for family members. For fulfilling everyone’s need of fancy number, then BSNL offers Vanity numbers of various categories.
BSNL is selling attractive numbers under the name of 'Vanity Numbers' through e-Auction. Anyone can participate in the e-Auction to get fancy mobile number of their choice.Vanity numbers are available in both postpaid and prepaid category. Now, let's see how to get vanity number online.
- Go to official website of BSNL company “eauction.bsnl.co.in”
- Click on Login/Register on the top bar of this site.
- Mention your existing mobile number and e-mail address. Now your login details will be sent to your email address.
- Enter login details and login successfully.
- Choose any of the premium numbers displayed in front of you.
- Now click 'Continue to Card'. After this, pay the registration fee 
- Now that the bidding process has started, specify the minimum bid amount.
- BSNL will select 3 users for each fancy number. Remaining users will be refunded their registration fees within 10 days through same online mode.
- The three selected users will be classified as H1, H2, H3 according to their specified bid amount. The highest bidder will be assigned the number. If he doesn't want to take it, the next person will be allotted that number.
- Number will be allotted in next few days to the person who won the number in the e-auction.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
New Wage Code
The Code on Wages, 2019, has been notified on 08 August 2019, and the provisions of the Payment of Wages Act, 1936, the Minimum Wages Act, 1948, the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965 and the Equal Remuneration Act, 1976, have been rationalised and subsumed therein. The Code provides for universal minimum wage across employments in organized and unorganized sector. The Code mandates the Central Government to fix floor wage and that the minimum rates of wages fixed by the appropriate Governments shall not be less than the floor wage. The Code prohibits gender discrimination in matters related to wages and recruitment of employees for the same work or work of similar nature done by an employee. Every employee, drawing wages not exceeding a monthly amount as notified by the Central or State Government, and having put in at least 30 days of work in an accounting year, will be entitled to an annual bonus at the rate of 8.33% of wages earned or Rs. 100, whichever is higher.
“Labour” as a subject is in the Concurrent List of the Constitution of India and under the Codes, the power to make rules is vested with the Central Government as well as the State Governments as appropriate Government. As a step towards implementation of the four Labour Codes, the Central Government has pre-published the draft Rules, inviting comments of all stakeholders. As per available information, 31, 26, 25 and 25 States/Union Territories have pre-published the draft Rules under the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Occupational Safety Health and working Conditions Code, 2020 respectively.
The Labour Codes were drafted after wide consultations including nine tripartite meetings involving employers’ and workers’ representatives, regional Labour Conferences, inter-Ministerial consultations and based on reports of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour. The endeavor has been to align the Labour Codes with the present economic scenario and technological advancements along with reduction in multiplicity of definitions & authorities. The Codes tend to ease compliance mechanism aiming to promote ease of doing business/setting up of enterprises, attract investment and catalyze creation of employment opportunities while ensuring safety, health and social security of every worker. Use of technology has been introduced in order to ensure transparency & accountability in enforcement. Decriminalization of minor offences has also been provided in the Labour Codes.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Labour & Employment, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
‘City Finance Rankings, 2022’ portal goes live, MoHUA invites Urban Local Bodies to participate in the first of its kind initiative
The ‘City Finance Rankings 2022’ portal www.cityfinance.in/rankings has been made live by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  on 20th March, 2023. The Urban Local Bodies  across the country can now participate in the Rankings through an entirely digital, 100% paperless, process. The ‘City Finance Rankings 2022’ have been launched with the objective of evaluating, recognizing and rewarding municipal bodies across the country on the basis of the quality of their current financial health and improvement over time in financial performance.
As per the Guidelines of ‘City Finance Rankings 2022’, which had been launched by Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Hon’ble Minister Housing and Urban Development on December 28, 2022, the participating ULBs will be evaluated on 15 indicators across three key municipal finance assessment parameters, namely:  Resource Mobilization,  Expenditure Performance and  Fiscal Governance. The cities will be ranked on the basis of their scores under any one of the following four population categories:  Above 4 million  Between 1-4 million  100K to 1 million  Less than 100,000. The top 3 cities in each population category will be recognized and rewarded at the national level as well as within each state/state cluster.
The last date for participating in the ‘City Finance Rankings 2022’ is 31st May, 2023. The participating ULBs can submit the required data/documents  through the online facility created on www.cityfinance.in. Quality Control of India  as the Project Monitoring Unit will provide handholding support to ULBs / States during the data collection process. After verification and validation of the data, the final rankings are expected to be announced in the month of July, 2023.
The City Finance Rankings will provide critical insights to policy makers into the state of finances of urban local bodies. ULBs will also stand to benefit by participating in the fiscal rankings as they will be able to evaluate their own performance vis-à-vis other cities, which will motivate them for improvement in future.
Prime Minister's Office
PM bows to Jagadguru Basaveshwara on the sacred occasion of Basava Jayanthi
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Jagadguru Basaveshwara on the sacred occasion of Basava Jayanthi. Shri Modi also shared his thoughts on Jagadguru Basaveshwara via a video clip.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
“Today, on the sacred occasion of Basava Jayanthi, I bow to Jagadguru Basaveshwara, whose thoughts and ideals give us the inspiration to serve humanity. He rightly emphasised on empowering the downtrodden and building a strong and prosperous society.”
Shri Modi also responded to the tweet thread by Member of Parliament, Shri Shivkumar Udasi on unveiling of Statue of Jagadguru Basaveshwara in London in November 2015, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“We will always follow the path shown by Jagadguru Basaveshwara.
I am honoured to have got many opportunities to pay homage to him.”
PIB Headquarters
No doctors of TRIHMS infected with COVID-19
Fake news circulated in Social Media
A news report is being circulated widely in social media that 8 doctors of Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences  in Arunachal Pradesh are infected by COVID-19. The Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Arunachal Pradesh in a statement clarified that the news is fake as no doctor of the TRIHMS is infected with COVID-19.
Dr. L. Jampa, Nodal Officer, COVID-19 Monitoring Team and Dr. Dipu Lowang, Assistant Nodal Officer COVID-19 Monitoring Team expressed concern over rampant sharing and forwarding of fake news like this which hampers the efforts of the doctors who are in forefront to fight the pandemic. They urged the people to refrain from posting fake news, especially pertaining to COVID-19 pandemic as it is likely to create fear and panic among the people.
Posting of unverified information which can create panic and fear among the people is a very serious offence and can invite legal action against the rumour mongers. People should refrain from spreading false news in this hour of crisis.
Competition Commission of India
CCI approves acquisition of equity share capital of Sajjan India Limited by Sona Company Pte. Ltd.
The Competition Commission of India  approves acquisition of equity share capital of Sajjan India Limited  by Sona Company Pte. Ltd.  under Section 31 of the Competition Act, 2002.
The proposed combination relates to investment in the Target by way of acquisition of equity shares of the Target and falls under Section 5 of the Competition Act, 2002.
Acquirer
The Acquirer is an investment company, incorporated under the laws of Singapore. The Acquirer does not have any physical presence in India. The Acquirer does not have any portfolio companies or investments in India as on the date of the notice.
Target
In India, the Target’s activities are limited to:  contract manufacture and manufacture of chemical compounds used in agro-chemicals;  manufacture and trade of specialty chemicals;  manufacture and trade of chemical compounds used in dyes and pigments;  manufacture of chemical compounds / intermediates  used in pharmaceuticals; and  manufacture of chemical reagents.
Detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 
Cabinet approves construction of New 4 - Lane Bridge on Kosi river at Phulaut , Bihar
Travelling distance between Phulaut to Bihpur will come down from 72 km to 12 km
Cabinet gives a go ahead to Rehabilitation and up-gradation of Birpur -Bihpur Section of National Highway in Bihar
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, approved the project for construction of 6.930 km long 4-lane bridge at Phulaut in Bihar. The CCEA also cleared the decks for rehabilitation and up-gradation of existing Birpur- Bihpur section of National Highway-106 from Km 106 to Km 136 to '2 lane with Paved Shoulder’ in Bihar at a capital cost of Rs 1478.40 crore. The construction period for the project is three years and likely to be completed by June, 2022.
Impact:
- There is a 10 km long missing link between Phulaut and Bihpur on NH-106 and falling in the catchment area of Kosi River. As such, presently, the traffic from Phulaut to Bihpur requires to take a detour of approximate 72 km. On construction of the new 4-Lane Bridge across river Kosi under this project, distance between Phulaut and Bihpur shall be reduced to only 12 km.
- The new bridge will generate direct employment of about 2.19 lakh man-days during construction.
- The construction of this new Bridge will fill the existing 30 km long gap between Udakishanganj and Bihpur of National Highway Number 106 in Bihar, which will provide through connectivity between Nepal/ North Bihar/ East-West Corridor  and South Bihar/ Jharkhand/ Golden Quadrilateral , besides full utilization of National Highway Number-31.
- Presently, the existing NH is having single/ intermediate lane configuration with poor road geometry, therefore, average speed on the highway is below 20 km /hour. With the upgradation of highway to 2-lane with paved shoulder configuration and construction of bridge on the missing link, the travel speed would increase to the design speed of about 100 km/ hour.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Implementation of PM-KUSUM
Under PM-KUSUM Scheme it is targeted to achieve 10000 MW capacity through installation of grid-connected solar power plants each of capacity upto 2 MW under Component A and solarisation of 35 lakh agriculture pumps under Component-B and Component-C. PM-KUSUM is a demand driven scheme and capacities are allocated based on demand received from the states. As on 31.10.2022 an aggregate solar capacity of 73.45 MW has been installed under Component- A of the Scheme against total allocation of 4886 MW capacity and over 1.52 lakh agriculture pumps have been reported solarised against the allocation of 33.5 lakh pumps under the Scheme.
Availability of low-cost financing for farmers and state share of funds is a major challenge in implementation of the PM-KUSUM Scheme. In addition, the pace of implementation was significantly affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020-21 and 2021-22. Till 31.10.2022, a total of 21499 standalone solar pumps in the State of Maharashtra and 2242 standalone solar pumps in the State of Tamil Nadu have been reported installed under Component- B of PM-KUSUM Scheme. No existing grid connected agriculture pump is reported solarized.
As per PM-KUSUM Scheme, the implementation agencies in the States/ UTs have to provide priority to the small and marginal farmers while selecting the beneficiaries. Further, separate budgetary allocations are made under the Scheme for the beneficiaries belonging to Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes and also those living in the North-Eastern States. Therefore, benefits under the Scheme are already available to the economically backward groups/areas of the country.
Since the launch of PM-KUSUM Scheme on 8.3.2019 until 31.10.2022, a total of 21499 farmers in the State of Maharashtra and 2242 farmers in the State of Tamil Nadu have been benefitted under the PM-KUSUM Scheme.
Following provisions of the PM-KUSUM Scheme aim to increase country’s solar water pump manufacturing capacity:  Target of installation or solarisation of 35 lakh pumps through central financial support under the Scheme provides visibility of demand in the coming years.  Condition of domestic content requirement for participation in Component-B and Component-C.  Direct participation of manufacturers of solar pumps/ solar photovoltaic modules/ solar pump controller either as sole bidder or member of a Joint Venture, in bidding under Component-B and Component-C.
Presently, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing two major schemes for decentralised solar power production. These include  PM-KUSUM scheme targeted to achieve 10000 MW capacity through installation of grid-connected solar power plants each of capacity upto 2 MW under Component A and solarisation of 35 lakh agriculture pumps under Component- B and Component-C; and  Rooftop Solar Programme Phase II targeted to achieve 40 GW rooftop solar capacity in the country. The timeline of both the schemes have been extended till 31.3.2026
This information was given by Shri R.K Singh, Union Minister of Power and New & Renewable Energy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
The Government has taken steps to achieve self-sufficiency in trained Indian pilots hours
IGRUA has permitted to carry out pilot training in Gondia  and Kalaburagi  to enhance its flying hours and aircraft utilisation
Presently, out of the total Commercial Pilot License  issued by Directorate General of Civil Aviation , share of foreign trained cadets in about 40 %. The Government has, however, taken following steps to achieve self-sufficiency in trained Indian pilots:
- Airports Authority of India  has, on 25 September 2020, come up with a liberalised Flying Training Organisations  policy wherein the concept of airport royalty  has been abolished and land rentals have been significantly rationalised.
- AAI has issued award letters on 31 May 2021 and 29 October 2021 for nine FTOs to be established at five airports at Belagavi , Jalgaon , Kalaburagi , Khajuraho  and Lilabari . Soft launch of two FTOs at Kalabuargi was done on 15 August 2021 under its liberalised policy.
- DGCA has introduced new Online On Demand Examination  for the AME and FC candidates with effect from November 2021. These license examinations provide an opportunity to the candidates to choose date and time to appear in the examination as per his/her choice on the available slots of the examinations.
- DGCA has modified its regulations to empower Flying Instructors with the right to authorise flight operations at FTOs. This will help increase the flying hours and aircraft utilisation at each FTO and lead to faster completion of the CPL requirements.
- India's largest flying academy - Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi  at Amethi  - has been permitted to carry out pilot training in Gondia  and Kalaburagi  to enhance its flying hours and aircraft utilisation, which get severely affected during winter months due to visibility issues.
- IGRUA has started operating on all weekends and holidays in order to enhance its flying hours. Other private FTOs are also encouraged to do so.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry Of Civil Aviation  V. K.SinghRetd) in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.